It’s 1066 and I’m Harold Godwinson, King of England. 1066 has been a bit of a funny old year for me; back in January I was crowned and now come September I’ve got a bunch of angry Vikings invading in the north and those scheming Normans are up to something across the Channel. It takes weeks and everything I’ve got to push Harald Hardrada back into the sea, and by the time I’m done my army is decimated and quite a few of my senior nobles seem to have perished protecting my realm. To the south William the Bastard is busy besieging Westminster with an army now twice the size of mine and any military endeavour would seem to be but a futile gesture. But wait; who said I needed to play honourably? Divine Right is on my side and I have only to investigate other ‘diplomatic’ options to find a potential cure. The chance of success is low, and the price of failure high, but I do not hesitate as I send the assassin on his way. In the blink of an eye William is no more and his army heads home to their child-lord Robert. The Saxon King of England is safe for now. Welcome to Crusader Kings II.
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